Ricky Ray Ricardo

Ricky is communications manager at Oculus in Melbourne. He is a former editor of Landscape Architecture Australia magazine and former editorial assistant at Topos (Germany). In 2015 he was a co-creative director of This Public Life, the Australian Institute of Architect’s Festival of Landscape Architecture, with Claire Martin and Cameron Bruhn.

As development pressures intensify in Australian cities, the renovation of the Riverside Centre plaza illustrates how an urban space can be revitalized without the need to sacrifice heritage or cultural identity.